Patterns, predictions, and actions: A story about machine learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2102.05242v1
• Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 03:42:03 GMT
• Title: Patterns, predictions, and actions: A story about machine learning
• Authors: Moritz Hardt and Benjamin Recht
• Abstract summary: This graduate textbook on machine learning tells a story of how patterns in data support predictions and consequential actions. Self-contained introductions to causality, the practice of causal inference, sequential decision making, and reinforcement learning equip the reader with concepts and tools to reason about actions and their consequences.
• Score: 59.32629659530159
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: This graduate textbook on machine learning tells a story of how patterns in data support predictions and consequential actions. Starting with the foundations of decision making, we cover representation, optimization, and generalization as the constituents of supervised learning. A chapter on datasets as benchmarks examines their histories and scientific bases. Self-contained introductions to causality, the practice of causal inference, sequential decision making, and reinforcement learning equip the reader with concepts and tools to reason about actions and their consequences. Throughout, the text discusses historical context and societal impact. We invite readers from all backgrounds; some experience with probability, calculus, and linear algebra suffices.

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